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About cordless impacts: I was recently considering an electric impact wrench so I read a lot of reviews, and found out that there are a few very good , both corded and cordless, but also cost a fortune!
I also read about some other very cheap ones , but there are just too many contrastating reviews, some people say they had trouble removing wheel nuts, others said it even removed lugs that an air impact wrench could not remove (!!!).
Also I’ve discovered that there is no regulation on how to measure the maximum torque such a tool produces, so a lot of huge numbers reported by the various brands shoudl be taken with a grain of salt. 😉
In fact, and also because of Eric’s video on his air tools (and lots and lots of his other videos where he actually *uses* those tools!!) I just did what I always (before) excluded.
I’ve actually gone out and bought my first “serious” air compressor and my first air impact wrench.Of course they are small (25 liters / 6 gallons) and cheap, and I had to get a new shelf where to put all of my tool boxes to free enough floor space where to put the compressor (my garage is 5,5m x 3m, no I’m not joking!!) , but it’s better than nothing! 😛
At least here our standard voltage is 230volts so it’s enough to run it ( 1,5KW@230volts = 6,5 amps ) and I finally have something for all those rusty bolts/nuts/fasteners I just know are there waiting to ambush me 😆
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
About cordless impacts: I was recently considering an electric impact wrench so I read a lot of reviews, and found out that there are a few very good , both corded and cordless, but also cost a fortune!
I also read about some other very cheap ones , but there are just too many contrastating reviews, some people say they had trouble removing wheel nuts, others said it even removed lugs that an air impact wrench could not remove (!!!).
Also I’ve discovered that there is no regulation on how to measure the maximum torque such a tool produces, so a lot of huge numbers reported by the various brands shoudl be taken with a grain of salt. 😉
In fact, and also because of Eric’s video on his air tools (and lots and lots of his other videos where he actually *uses* those tools!!) I just did what I always (before) excluded.
I’ve actually gone out and bought my first “serious” air compressor and my first air impact wrench.Of course they are small (25 liters / 6 gallons) and cheap, and I had to get a new shelf where to put all of my tool boxes to free enough floor space where to put the compressor (my garage is 5,5m x 3m, no I’m not joking!!) , but it’s better than nothing! 😛
At least here our standard voltage is 230volts so it’s enough to run it ( 1,5KW@230volts = 6,5 amps ) and I finally have something for all those rusty bolts/nuts/fasteners I just know are there waiting to ambush me 😆
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
I use this kind of gloves too!
Very durable , and protect a lot when using heavy tools like grinder, drill, vice, or when I need to exert a lot of force.
Also I use them when swapping tyres, I always see them in use on tyre shops.Alas, they are a little too thck and I have no feeling when manipulating small objects , or when I need to put my hands in tight passages (like when I disassembled my starter motor!).
I also keep a pair in each car, just in case it’s winter and I need to get out and don’t want to freeze my fingers to death!
Thanks for the input!
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
I use this kind of gloves too!
Very durable , and protect a lot when using heavy tools like grinder, drill, vice, or when I need to exert a lot of force.
Also I use them when swapping tyres, I always see them in use on tyre shops.Alas, they are a little too thck and I have no feeling when manipulating small objects , or when I need to put my hands in tight passages (like when I disassembled my starter motor!).
I also keep a pair in each car, just in case it’s winter and I need to get out and don’t want to freeze my fingers to death!
Thanks for the input!
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Thank you all for your nitrile-oriented suggestions! 🙂
I must admit that some months ago I had already tried some very thin nitrile gloves and had a bad experience, not only they did rip even more than the latex ones, but were also less elastic and some did tear simply trying to put them on!! :angry:
However your suggestions made me realize there are more thicknesses of nitrile gloves, and, in fact, this evening I’ve just found some goodyear nitrile “heavy duty” blue gloves which seem just the right balance!
Now as soon as my HUGE reserve of (very)disposable 😉 latex gloves ends, I’ll try the new nitrile ones!Thank you again (all of you!)
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Thank you all for your nitrile-oriented suggestions! 🙂
I must admit that some months ago I had already tried some very thin nitrile gloves and had a bad experience, not only they did rip even more than the latex ones, but were also less elastic and some did tear simply trying to put them on!! :angry:
However your suggestions made me realize there are more thicknesses of nitrile gloves, and, in fact, this evening I’ve just found some goodyear nitrile “heavy duty” blue gloves which seem just the right balance!
Now as soon as my HUGE reserve of (very)disposable 😉 latex gloves ends, I’ll try the new nitrile ones!Thank you again (all of you!)
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
I half hoped you did actually shoot that part of the video, but well, no problem, I completely understand this is the kind of repair that you cannot plan ahead time because when it happens, happens , and as per murphy’s laws it will indeed happen at the worst possible time.
I’m sorry you went home late that night Eric, I’m really are, I know the feeling (happens with computers too! 😉 )
Live long and prosper man! (and stay dirty!)
10nico
I half hoped you did actually shoot that part of the video, but well, no problem, I completely understand this is the kind of repair that you cannot plan ahead time because when it happens, happens , and as per murphy’s laws it will indeed happen at the worst possible time.
I’m sorry you went home late that night Eric, I’m really are, I know the feeling (happens with computers too! 😉 )
Live long and prosper man! (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Thanks for the tip man! I didn’t know about dealextreme.
And it also does free shipping to italy, this is just great! :woohoo:I see they have a good catalog too.
Really thank you!
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Thanks for the tip man! I didn’t know about dealextreme.
And it also does free shipping to italy, this is just great! :woohoo:I see they have a good catalog too.
Really thank you!
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Hi Eric and thank you for your quick answer! 🙂
However , even though re-watching the video on the “red wrench” is always useful and also funny (“Be a man, ever if you’re a woman, be a man!” 😆 ) , I really meant how to do when you’ve gone over the hill and have already broken a stud or bolt out of the exhaust flange.
And I mean exactly like in the video (took me 3 hours to find but at last I’ve found it 🙂 ) about the 2004 Toyota 4Runner Transmission Fluid and Filter Change (part 2).
At 9:54 it happens
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8BwggCfuQ[/video]Do you remember when you were tightening one of the nuts and the stud broke away and you said “@#%!!” and then came back one hour later saying how you fixed it?
But I was very very interested to actually see how you did take out the studs and replaced these with bolts (what kind of bolts, were they special bolts or just standard bolts?).
Also, about the most feared “spring bolts” you mentioned in some other honda/acura video (it was a civic if I remember correctly), where can they be found?
Are they generic or brand/model specific?Hope this is useful in some way! 😉
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
Hi Eric and thank you for your quick answer! 🙂
However , even though re-watching the video on the “red wrench” is always useful and also funny (“Be a man, ever if you’re a woman, be a man!” 😆 ) , I really meant how to do when you’ve gone over the hill and have already broken a stud or bolt out of the exhaust flange.
And I mean exactly like in the video (took me 3 hours to find but at last I’ve found it 🙂 ) about the 2004 Toyota 4Runner Transmission Fluid and Filter Change (part 2).
At 9:54 it happens
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8BwggCfuQ[/video]Do you remember when you were tightening one of the nuts and the stud broke away and you said “@#%!!” and then came back one hour later saying how you fixed it?
But I was very very interested to actually see how you did take out the studs and replaced these with bolts (what kind of bolts, were they special bolts or just standard bolts?).
Also, about the most feared “spring bolts” you mentioned in some other honda/acura video (it was a civic if I remember correctly), where can they be found?
Are they generic or brand/model specific?Hope this is useful in some way! 😉
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)
10nico
I completely agree with you!
This is the first reason I started taking care of my oil and filter change when I got my first car!
On my father’s car I had seen too many mistakes done, too many lies told and too many avoidable failures happen.
Just because he didn’t have time to stay there and actually see which fluids/filters/spark plugs/etc they were putting into his car, they usually put the cheapest ones , knowing he would return to fix the problems.
Once we went on vacation to the sea, and to reach the sea from here it takes 350km; before the trip he took as usual his car to the shop and they changed the spark plugs.
When we arrived to the sea the car was running on three cylinders , all spattering and hopping.He took it to a local mech and they soon discovered that the wrong spark plugs had been put into his car, and this was causing misfires and all kinds of ignition problems.
I was only 13 at the time, but I swore to myself to not to let me fooled by “bad mechanics”.
I started learning and documenting myself as best as I could, and never stopped doing it.
When I got my first car it had its steering wheel wrong…I mean misaligned.
I took it to my trusty mech and he sent the car to the tyre shop to check alignment.
Response was “it’s all ok, 50 bucks”Obviously I was pissed off, so in the backyard of my house I took apart half car to reach the steering rod ends and adjust them; I screwed on one of a fixed amount of thread, and then unscrewed the other side of the same amount.
In three attempts I realigned the steering wheel and never had a tyre problem on that car.This taught me a lesson.
Ok excuse me for this babbling, I just wanted to prove the point! 😆
Learn how to change the oil and filter on your car, you’ll thank yourself later!
There are good Eric’s videos (some of his very first ones as I remember correctly) on oil change , it’s not that difficult at all, but very very rewarding!
Live long and prosper
10nico
I completely agree with you!
This is the first reason I started taking care of my oil and filter change when I got my first car!
On my father’s car I had seen too many mistakes done, too many lies told and too many avoidable failures happen.
Just because he didn’t have time to stay there and actually see which fluids/filters/spark plugs/etc they were putting into his car, they usually put the cheapest ones , knowing he would return to fix the problems.
Once we went on vacation to the sea, and to reach the sea from here it takes 350km; before the trip he took as usual his car to the shop and they changed the spark plugs.
When we arrived to the sea the car was running on three cylinders , all spattering and hopping.He took it to a local mech and they soon discovered that the wrong spark plugs had been put into his car, and this was causing misfires and all kinds of ignition problems.
I was only 13 at the time, but I swore to myself to not to let me fooled by “bad mechanics”.
I started learning and documenting myself as best as I could, and never stopped doing it.
When I got my first car it had its steering wheel wrong…I mean misaligned.
I took it to my trusty mech and he sent the car to the tyre shop to check alignment.
Response was “it’s all ok, 50 bucks”Obviously I was pissed off, so in the backyard of my house I took apart half car to reach the steering rod ends and adjust them; I screwed on one of a fixed amount of thread, and then unscrewed the other side of the same amount.
In three attempts I realigned the steering wheel and never had a tyre problem on that car.This taught me a lesson.
Ok excuse me for this babbling, I just wanted to prove the point! 😆
Learn how to change the oil and filter on your car, you’ll thank yourself later!
There are good Eric’s videos (some of his very first ones as I remember correctly) on oil change , it’s not that difficult at all, but very very rewarding!
Live long and prosper
10nico
I could not agree with you more!
Especially on batteries!
I have a Fiat Punto JTD 1.9 which has had some starter problems.
Now this car has a very powerful (for its engine size at least) starter motor, which is rated for 2,2KW.When the starter motor problems began I put a brand new but cheap battery, thinking it could not hurt.
The original battery is a three years old Bosch S5 series 54AH (S5 is Bosch’s best series).The new battery had the same AH capacity ( 55AH ) as the “old” one, but a slightly lower CCA rating ( 480 CCA vs 540 CCA)
Anyway, now that the starter motor is fixed/cleaned/oiled, I’ve had some difficult starts in this cold days (I live in northern italy and in between the mountains, so this gets very very cold in the morning)
Since the starter is fixed and it never had this particular problem (its problem was that its pinion was stuck and didn’t engage the freewheel) , I decided to put back the “old” bosch battery to see if it made a difference.
And it did!
After a week stopped without starting the “old” battery did crank withouth a hitch, while the “new” one did strain after a single night in the cold.
You could tell me, put a bigger cheap battery in that car!
Well the problem with this small car is that it’s battery tray only fits up to 55AH sized batteries, so I cannot put a bigger battery in this tray.
So this leaves me with only one possible conclusion: a battery is worth its money!
The cheap battery cost me 55 euros, the bosch S5 one would cost me more than 100 euros, but it sure does its job fine, while the other stinks!
Of course my case is a quite particular one, but nevertheless it proves the point.
Hope this helps guys!
P.S: I read optima batteries are the best lead batteries that money can buy, but they are all too big!!!!! (at least for all my intents and purposes)
Live long and prosper (and stay dirty of course!)
10nico